← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico Statale C. Cavour
Rome, Italy · est. 1926 · State
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Liceo Cavour is the first science liceo in Rome and, as the school says, possibly in all of Italy: it opened in 1926 as the Regio Liceo Scientifico di Roma and remained the only one in the capital until 1946. The liceo stands near the Colosseum in two historic buildings; the physicist Bruno Pontecorvo studied and the historian Gioacchino Gesmundo taught here. Today it has 1165 students. Tracks: liceo scientifico tradizionale (including a STEAM section), a section with extra physics and mathematics, and two Cambridge sections; all end with the state maturità exam. Teaching is mainly in Italian. The Cambridge course has run since 2015-2016: in the 'Physics' section students prepare in the first two years for IGCSE Mathematics, Physics and English as a Second Language, and in years 3-4 for A Level Mathematics; in the 'Geography' section for IGCSE Mathematics, Geography and English, then Global Perspectives. Some lessons are taught by native speakers, and Cambridge and Oxford textbooks are used alongside Italian ones.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees The school is state-run and tuition is free. The Cambridge sections cost extra: the school mentions the course charge without an amount. The voluntary family contribution to the school is a suggested 85 euros a year.
Admissions Admission to the first year is online through the national UNICA platform (for 2026-2027 from 13 January to 14 February 2026). If applications exceed places the school ranks them: 70% of places for those living or working within 5 kilometres, 30% for others, with points for distance and for siblings at the liceo; students with disabilities are admitted outside the ranking. Admitted students are then assigned to tracks in order of preference; the school does not place anyone in a Cambridge section without the family's explicit choice because it carries extra costs. An English certificate is not required; at least A2 level is recommended. For foreign students and children newly arrived in Italy the school has an admission protocol: class placement, a study plan with Italian as a second language and help from cultural mediators.
Stages and year groups Italian state liceo scientifico curriculum: tradizionale (including a STEAM section), potenziamento fisico-matematico and two Cambridge sections; ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). 'Cambridge IGCSE con Physics': in years 1-2 IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Physics 0625 and English as a Second Language 0511, in years 3-4 A Level Mathematics 9709; 30-31 hours a week. 'Cambridge IGCSE con Geography': in years 1-2 IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Geography 0460 and English as a Second Language 0511, in years 3-4 IGCSE Global Perspectives 0457. First-cycle exams are taken at the start of year 3, A Level and Global Perspectives at the start of year 5; exams are optional but strongly recommended by the school.
Address Via delle Carine 1, 00184 Roma
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level. Two science lyceum tracks: IGCSE Mathematics, English and either Physics or Geography in years 1-2, then A Level Mathematics or IGCSE Global Perspectives in years 3-4.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Physics Olympiad · Mathematics Olympiad · Chess · RockCavour · School Newspaper · Bib-Up (library cataloguing with Sapienza University) · Creative Workshop · English Enrichment
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: native English-speaking teachers in the Cambridge sections hold degrees in their subject
In the Cambridge sections some lessons are taught by native English speakers together with school teachers; only the school teacher gives grades. Every student in years 3-5 has a guidance tutor.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school runs a psychological support service; voluntary contributions fund a creative workshop on empathy and the prevention of bullying and cyberbullying and a course on relationships. There is an inclusion lead, a support department, admission protocols for migrant and adopted students, a home tuition project for seriously ill students and a protocol for administering medicines at school.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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